Tina served the table for breakfast, bowing her head when she saw Darian emerging from the hallway.
"Good morning, sir." She raised her head to look at him.
"Tina, where is my wife?" He asked her, his eyes travelling from the dining down to the living room, in search of Lena. He had been in his study since he woke up that morning and he expected Lena to be at the dining table for breakfast.
"I woke her up this morning but she refused to come to the dining room to eat," Tina answered.
"Really? Did she state any reason she's not eating?" He looked at Tina as he tried to figure out the reason Lena wasn't eating that morning. She'd been acting weirdly since they got back from the Antonio family party last night.
"No sir, she told me to leave her alone," Tina responded, looking at him.
Darian bounced his head, turning toward the hallway that led to their bedroom. He pulled the door open, Lena was still on the bed, tossing around. He walked up to her and asked, "Why are you not eating?"
"What, what do you want from me? Is it a must I eat?" She groaned on the bed, her body was hurting lightly. "Fuck," she cussed, trying to move her hands but they were stiff. "Leave me alone, Darian. I don't want to eat."
"Are you still mad about last night?" He asked.
Lena sat up, firing a deadly glare at Darian. "Why should I be mad about last night? You showed it to the world, didn't you?"
"Show what to the world?" He fluttered his eyes. He didn't understand what she was talking about.
"You showed the world that you don't respect your wife, that I mean nothing to you."
"Lena, where is this coming from?" He sat on the bed, cupping her face with his hands. "Why are you saying this? You know this is not true."
She stared at him, his soft voice melting her heart. She loathed it, she looked away, shaking her head. She wouldn't let that get to her, she was mad at him.
"You touched her ass, didn't you?"
Darian smiled. He knew his wife was jealous, and he kind of liked that.
"I didn't, I had to drop that money to avoid doing other nasty things with her. I did that for you, because I respect you, Lena."
"I saw you, I saw you dropping the money on her big ass," she hissed. "I never knew you liked ladies with big asses." She murmured, "Maybe you don't like the fact that mine is not big, you can go to her though." She lay back on the bed, pulling the duvet over her face.
"You want me to go to her?" Darian asked, a teasing smile dancing around his lips.
Lena gently lifted the duvet, she saw his face and pulled it back to cover her face.
“Go, go, I don't give a fuck." She wagged her middle finger at him.
"I will go to her," he said, nodding his head. "Come and eat before I go to her. Today is Saturday, I will spend a lot of time with her too, that's interesting." He flexed his muscles, waiting for her to lift the duvet from her eyes, but she didn't. "Lena?" He called, but there was no response. "Lena?"
He walked over to raise the duvet off her face when she wasn't answering him.
"What do you want?" She yelled, thrusting her head up.
Darian dropped the duvet and shifted back. "You scared the hell out of me."
"I told you to leave me alone, I don't want to eat. Go and meet her, spend the weekend with her and spend the rest of your life with her, I don't care." She spattered angrily.
"Hey easy, I was joking."
"Go away, Darian." She howled at him again. "Just leave me alone!"
Darian surrendered, he nodded his head and walked out of the room to eat. He was certain that Lena would come to that dining table if she was hungry, she was just being overly dramatic.
He settled on the dining chair and started to eat, but he missed her. He missed her telling him about the funny dreams she had the night before, telling him how good the food was and filling his plate with food.
He smiled, devouring the food slowly, he finished eating and resumed back to his study.
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Lena woke up with a faint headache, she let out a soft yawn, stretching her body. She checked the time on the wall clock and cried out. It was already noon and she was yet to eat.
Her stomach made a gurgling sound, she rushed out of the bed and down to the living room, she met Tina watching a movie in the living room.
"Tina!" She called, gesturing to her to come forward. "Where is Darian?" She whispered.
"He's in his study, ma'am," Tina responded.
"Good, set the table for me. I want to eat." Lena said to her.
Tina nodded her head and went to microwave the food, she set it on the table and very quickly, sat to devour the food before Darian got out of his study.
When she was done with the food, she decided to check him in the study. Lena walked breezily through the doorway and then walked back again.
Darian noticed her movement because the door was left ajar, he stopped clicking the keyboard and fixed his gaze on the door, waiting for her to pass through again.
A few seconds later, Darian pretended to have his eyes on the screen, but he could see her peeping through the door. He smiled, shaking his head, he wondered what she was up to this time.
She did that three more times, making him lose concentration on what he was working on. He watched her peep through the door two more times before standing up to get the door. He hurried to the door and saw her running away before he could meet up with her. Darian laughed, running after her.
"Stop chasing after me, I was looking for my hairband. I left it in the laundry, the laundry is close to your study. I don't have any intention of coming to see you." She yelled as she ran through the hallway. He caught up with her and pinned her to the wall.